Why Don't You Do Right?

Album: Golden Age of Swing: Twenty Greatest Hits (1942)
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  • You had plenty money, 1922
    You let other women make a fool of you
    Why don't you do right, like some other men do
    Get out of here and get me some money too

    You're sittin' down and wonderin' what it's all about
    You ain't got no money, they will put you out
    Why don't you do right, like some other men do?
    Get out of here and get me some money too

    If you had prepared twenty years ago
    You wouldn't be a-wanderin' now from door to door
    Why don't you do right, like some other men do?
    Get out of here and get me some money too

    If you had prepared twenty years ago
    You wouldn't be a-wanderin' now from door to door
    Why don't you do right, like some other men do?
    Get out of here and get me some money too

    Why don't you do right, like some other men do
    Like some other men do Writer/s: Joe McCoy
    Publisher: Kanjian Music, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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